The National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms, HOOD, has been informed today that two Yemeni prisoners at Bagram, Mr. Ameen Al-Bakri and Fadi Al-Maqaleh were repatriate to Yemen this early morning. The Yemeni Security has received both of the detainees but their whereabouts has not been revealed yet.

In a press release, HOOD says that both Al-Bakri and Al-Maqaleh are victims of...

HOOD and Mr. David Remes, the American lawyer representing 15 Yemeni Guantanamo detainees, held a joint press conference at the main headquarters of HOOD in Sana'a yesterday. He urged the families of Yemeni prisoners in Guantanamo to maintain their pressure on both the US and Yemeni governments for the transfer of their sons, especially in light of the recent passage of a bill barring transfer...

“In Yemen we are close to the bottom in all kinds of measures like income and education, but there’s one statistic where we come out on top: the number of prisoners in Guantanamo,” laughed Mohammad Naji Allaw, a successful Yemeni lawyer who ploughs his firm’s profits into the National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms. “Over 90 of 166 Guantanamo prisoners are from Y...

HOOD is deeply saddened by the loss of life during the demonstrations to dissolve the National Security Bureau (NSB) in the capital Sana'a, which were organized by Houthi activists. We reaffirm our belief in the sanctity of the blood of all Yemen's citizens, regardless of party. Our grief is deepened at the thought that this bloodshed and loss of Yemeni life occurred during the National ...

The following is a partial translation of HOOD’s 2012 Annual Report under the title of "2012 is the Year of Drones and Terror Security Forces". Because of the intrinsically international nature of so many of the human rights issues currently facing Yemen, we are pleased to make selections from the report available in English and accessible to readers beyond the Arab world. If you should re...